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Where’s the helpline?
Ludhiana, August 1
It has been over two months since the city police had resolved to take stringent steps to ensure smooth ride for schoolchildren and proposed to float a helpline to keep a tab on reckless driving of school buses. But the proposal of the then Commissioner of Police Ishwar Singh has yet to see the light of the day.
2 girls die, 3 hurt as car rams into tree
Chaunkiman (Jagraon), August 1
Two girls in their twenties died while three others were seriously injured when a car they were travelling in rammed into a tree near Chaunkiman village on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway today morning. |
Two injured girls admitted to a private hospital near Mullanpur Dhaka on Monday. photo: Jaswant Shetra |
Cop’s threat proves fatal for driver
Ludhiana, August 1
The sight of a cop threatening to shoot a car driver proved fatal for the latter, as he lost control over the vehicle, resulting in its fall into the Abohar branch canal yesterday.
Traders cry foul over coin shortage
Ludhiana, August 1
Shopkeepers and owners of department stores have been raising a hue and cry over the "refusal" of banks to provide them Rs 2 and Rs 5 coins in the absence of which the former have often been cutting a sorry figure to their customers.
2 months on, probe on road work still stalled
Ludhiana, August 1
When it comes to “saving the skin” of its employees, state government departments should take a cue from the municipal corporation. Even two months after irregularities in construction of a portion of Pakhowal Road were detected, MC additional commissioner Kuldip Singh has yet to submit the report of a probe ordered into the matter.
Door-to-door garbage collection from Aug 15
Ludhiana, August 1
There is some good news for city residents. The firm that bagged the contract for door-to-door collection of household garbage in Ludhiana will commence work from August 15, beginning with either ward no 56 or 57, situated in zone D, in the first phase.
Category-A1 rly station offers third-class facilities
Ludhiana, August 1
The Ludhiana railway station, a category ‘A1’ facility catering to a population of over 30
lakh, is in a shambles.
Security is a casualty right at doorstep of the station, as the metal detector placed to screen passengers is out of order.
Most of the electronic display boards that provide information about the arrival and departure of trains remain out of order at the Ludhiana railway
station. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan |
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Railway tracks are littered with garbage and filth, leading to unhygienic conditions; and (right) Litter and overflowing water around taps used by passengers to quench their thirst. |
A man takes a bath using water from a pipeline meant for replenishing trains; and (right) An unmanned surveillance room meant for monitoring CCTV camera footage at the Ludhiana railway station. |
Industry faces more curbs as power crisis deepens
Ludhiana, August 1
With the threat of overloading and collapse looming large on the northern power grid, in addition to the widening gap between the total availability of power and demand in the state, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has imposed harsh restrictions on the industry.
Rainwater Harvesting
Rajguru Nagar residents go green, Dig 22
wells
Ludhiana, August 1
People residing in various residential colonies are coming forward to install rainwater-harvesting systems on their premises in a bid to conserve natural
resources.
Conservation: A resident of HIG flats in Rajguru Nagar points towards a rainwater-harvesting well in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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With Chawla gone, PCMS docs rule the roost
Ludhiana, August 1
PCMS doctors who were pulled up by former Health and Family Welfare Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla have once again started working as private practitioners. However, present Health and Family Welfare Minister Satpal Gosain is of the view that one should serve with utmost honesty and dedication during duty hours. And shouldn’t bother about what they do after office hours.
Leicester council delegation to meet MC officials
Ludhiana, August 1
Two delegations from the United Kingdom would be visiting the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation for a series of meetings with its officials. The first delegation from Leicester will reach the city today, while another delegation from London would reach within a few days.
Clerical staff of health dept go on flash strike
Ludhiana, August 1
Protesting against direct recruitment for the promotional posts of clerical and statistical employees of the health and family welfare department, the clerical staff of the department went on a flash indefinite strike with the result that all routine work was disrupted.
The call for strike was given by the Punjab Health Department Subordinate
Offices Clerical Association. |
Clerical staff of the Health
Department stage a protest in Ludhiana on Monday. A tribune
photograph |
Auto-rickshaw drivers allege harassment
Ludhiana, August 1
Members of the Clock Tower Auto-Rickshaw Union met with the Deputy Commissioner and the Commissioner of Police to air their grievances here today.
The union members alleged that the police had been harassing them for no apparent reason. Briefing the officials, the drivers alleged that a head constable with the Punjab Police had been harassing auto-rickshaw drivers by unnecessarily issuing challans.
vocational
courses
Education dept’s decision upset parents, students
Ludhiana/Dehlon, August 1
Students of villages falling in this region were reaping the harvest of vocational streams with excellent results, good employment opportunities and a formal education certificate.
However, the recent decision of the education department to withdraw most of sought-after vocational courses offered at the senior secondary level has upset their applecart.
Freshers welcomed at DMCH
Ludhiana, August 1
In order to welcome the 2011 batch of MBBS students at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), an introductory function was organised here today. It was attended by freshers along with their parents, faculty members and members of the managing society.
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Celebrating Teej with fervour |
A girl performs at a Teej festival at Lodhi Club in Ludhiana on Monday.
tribune photo: Himanshu mahajan |
Constitute anti-ragging panels, says administration to colleges
Ludhiana, August 1
Giving a strict message that ragging in educational institutions will never be tolerated at any cost, the district administration has asked the college managements to send the list of their anti-ragging committees at the earliest.
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Award for reserch paper
Ludhiana:
The research paper "Indigenous technical knowledge and farmers' participation approach for sustainable agriculture and bio-diversity conservation" by Dilbag Singh of the department of Vegetable Crops, presented in the national symposium on "Innovative and modern technology for agricultural productivity, food security and environmental management" at Bangalore recently was rated as the best paper.
from schools
Investiture Ceremony
Ludhiana:
Investiture ceremony of the students council was organised at Saraswati Modern School. The oath of office was administered to the newly-appointed members of the council. Sashes, badges and flags were given to them. Shubham Malik was chosen as head boy and Neha Tokhi was chosen as the head girl.
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CMC city centre opens
The Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) has opened a city center at Sirish Hospital in Ghumar Mandi here to save the city people from the hassle of reaching the CMCH due to traffic congestion at Ferozepore Road, Jagraon Bridge, and Brown Road.
Deserted by husband, girl commits suicide
Ludhiana, August 1
A 19-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her one-room tenement in the Shimlapuri area here today.
Ranju Devi, who was suspected to be pregnant, was spotted dead by her neighbours in the morning.
Man’s body found on road
Ludhiana, August 1
Panic gripped the Sunder Nagar area after a man was found dead on a road here late last night.
The deceased has been identified as Sukhwinder Singh (45). The deceased’s body was spotted by a passerby, who informed the police about the
incident.
Man commits suicide
Ludhiana, August 1
A 37-year-old man allegedly committed suicide at Jaspal Bangar village here today. The deceased has been identified as Ram
Niwas. He was found hanging with a ceiling fan’s hook in one-room tenement at Jaspal Bangar village.
Canteen worker thrashed by policemen, allege kin
Samrala, August 1
Bahadar Singh, a resident of Chahilan village, who was admitted to the local civil hospital, alleged that he was taken into custody and mercilessly beaten up by a few policemen in the Samrala Police Station.
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